Henry Richardson Barr
MilitarySylvia B Carter
Tail gunner, Laux crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Damaged by fighters on the return from mission #67 to the marshalling yards at Frankfurt am Main, GR on 11 Feb 1944. B-17 42-31099 'Tenabove' crashed near Poix-de-Picardie, FR after the crew bailed out. MACR 2431. He was transferred to the Air Force Hospital at Amiens. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft IV.
Awards: AM, PH, POW, GC, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37059494
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39104963
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-746646
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18131846
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner, Radio Mechanic
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11085139
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tenabove
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Athens, TN | 26 September 1923 | Son of William Henry and Pearl Norma [Jones] Barr. |
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Ridgewell | 26 December 1943 - 11 February 1944 | Assigned to 532BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 11 February 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Died |
Sweetwater, TN | 1 January 2015 | Cremated. |
Charlotte, NC | Charlotte, North Carolina |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2431 / MACR 2431, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database